Director Spike Lee's biopic of the slain African-American leader, it follows Malcolm X's life as a conversion from petty criminal, to religious fanatic, to unapologetic racist and finally to enlightened leader teaching a message of self-reliance and self-respect.

SEX/NUDITY 2 - A man is seduced by a woman in a dance hall. They are later shown kissing and some petting between a couple in the back seat of a car. A woman is shown in a conservative negligee and a man in bed with only his underwear. A man and woman are shown lying on the beach kissing, fully clothed.

VIOLENCE/GORE 5 - Opening credits and voice over occur while scenes of the Rodney King beating are shown, which fades into an American flag burning. A man is shown, with a bloody head, tied to railroad tracks. We hear him screaming as the train approaches. A man is hit on the head with a bottle and left bloody. Two men play Russian roulette with a seemingly loaded gun. Death threats are made over the telephone. A man is beaten by the police and taken to prison. Repeated slow motion shooting of Malcolm X and others around him.

LANGUAGE 6 - S.O.B., several times. There are racial references, reference to a female dog, the F-word and its variations are used several times.

DISCUSSION TOPICS - Racism, inter-racial relationships.

MESSAGE - Whites and blacks may have to live separately, but racial harmony is the best solution to racism.